crosscut vs scallop

crosscut

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

scallop

noun
  • One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet. 

  • Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming. 

  • A form of fried potato. 

  • A dish shaped like a scallop shell. 

  • A fillet of meat, escalope. 

verb
  • To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents. 

  • To harvest scallops 

  • To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped 

How often have the words crosscut and scallop occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )